Remote connections

Remote connections is a project that explores the idea of both being remote and being connected.

The primary focus of this project is the evolution of a collaboration between people in remote Indigenous communities and myself to co-create locative and flexible web-based tools for cultural and creative purposes.

Young people remotely connected – image credit Andrew Taylor

The secondary focus is more poetic and philosophical – starting with a semantic unraveling of the meanings of what determines remoteness and being connected. These ideas also feed into my interests in mapping, story telling and cultural implications of site.

As a mean to start building relationships with communities, I am currently developing a website for Billabong Aboriginal Development Corporation as part of my volunteer role with Indigenous Community Volunteers.

I also recently undertook Webex training as part of the Remote Indigenous Public Internet Access program managed through the Northern Territory Library. Now I have been trained to use this software I will be able to train other people to use Webex.